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Flood had previously warned that CTA buying was tapering off.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 27, 2026

Shares of mid-sized U.S. banks fell after a string of earnings reports heightened investor concerns that the boost to lenders from the Federal Reserve's interest rate hikes was tapering off.

From Reuters • Oct. 20, 2023

The storm was tapering off in California from north to south while pushing inland across the Southwest, the Four Corners region and the central and southern Rockies, the National Weather Service said.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 22, 2023

Minor flooding occurred Saturday on several northern rivers and was tapering off in most cases.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2023

Then, because business was tapering off, he had time to give me a demonstration of how to make the shine rag pop like a firecracker.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey